How Many People Are Named Otho?
people named Otho are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 675,464 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,328 babies named Otho in Social Security records from 1880 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning. This was the name of a short-lived 1st-century Roman emperor.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Otho in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Otho alive today is about 70 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Otho first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 109 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Otho has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #322, in 1881.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #322 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #728 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Otho alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Otho were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Otho was given 13.4 times as often in Mississippi, 6 times in Virginia and 4.2 times in Arkansas.
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